As a kid, I idolized this man. I read Nintendo Power almost religiously. As far
as I was concerned, this man was Nintendo. As I got older and read more about
him, my perception of him changed somewhat. While I still respect the man, like
Steve Jobs, this man built these amazing products by being a ruthless
businessman. But despite his business practices, or perhaps because of it,
Nintendo created some of the most memorable gaming experiences in my childhood.
He put the consumer experience over e
Nels Anderson, lead designer of Mark of the Ninja, Sean Vanaman and Jake Rodkin
of Telltale’s The Walking Dead (probably most famous for their Idle Thumbs
podcast), and artist Olly Moss have come together to form Campo Santo, based in
San Francisco, CA. I can’t wait to see what they come up with.
Campo SantoCampo Santo is a small but scrappy video game developer in San
Francisco. Our debut game Firewatch is available for PS4, Windows, Mac, and
Linux.Campo Santo [http://www.camposantogames.com/a
Will Wright has cofounded Syntertainment, a new startup that has raised $5
million from investors, including Andreessen Horowitz and former Electronic Arts
chief executive John Riccitiello.
Will Wright raises $5M for Syntertainment startup to blend reality and
entertainment (exclusive)Tech veteran Avi Bar-Zeev joins Wright as cofounder at
startup that plans to blend entertainment and reality.VentureBeatDean Takahashi
[https://venturebeat.com/2013/09/18/will-wright-raises-5m-for-syntertainme
Andre Wilson:
I also believe EA’s strategy is sound. Our focus on our talent, our brands and
our platform together with our investment in next-generation consoles, mobile
and PC free-to-play, as part of our ongoing transition to digital, is right. But
we have plenty of work ahead to ensure our collective success.
The words of former executive vice president of EA Sports and Origin. Notice how
PC is lumped together with ‘free-to-play’. Even though Wilson has been with EA
for 13 years, I’m sti
From John Hight:
But as we’ve mentioned on different occasions, it became increasingly clear that
despite the benefits of the AH system and the fact that many players around the
world use it, it ultimately undermines Diablo’s core game play: kill monsters to
get cool loot. With that in mind, we want to let everyone know that we’ve
decided to remove the gold and real-money auction house system from Diablo III.
This is a welcome surprise. The real money auction house was an interesting
experi
An interesting look at naming conventions in World of Warcraft. Personally, from
an early age, I've found myself becoming prejudiced against people whose
usernames began and ended in ‘x’ or included Final Fantasy or Dragon Ball names.
Looking at you xX-Sephiroth-Xx69.
An Investigation of World of Warcraft Character NamesA story of explorative
game
analytics and the surprises you encounter when investigating eight million
World
of Warcraft characters - and a couple of thousand Battlefield player
Ouya’s Free the Games promotion has always been such a weird promotion. Instead
of promising to just hand $50k to any kickstarter game, a better idea would have
been to actually use the money to get other developers on board and fix the
problems that currently plague the Ouya ecosystem, instead of outright ignoring
existing developers’ complaints as seen in the comments section of the blog
post.
Razer Forge TV | RZ16-0128x SupportThis article contains the User Guides,
Manuals, and Documentation
This past summer I started working on another feature for the site, called Blips.
I loved the first parts of Escape From City-17. Out of all the fan made
Half-Life inspired films, I always thought this was one of the best produced. I
hope it get the funding it needs.
Half-Life: Escape From City-17 Part 3The next installment in the Escape From
City-17 series. Based on the Half-Life games. | Check out ‘Half-Life: Escape
From City-17 Part 3’ on Indiegogo.Indiegogo
[http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/half-life-escape-from-city-17-part-3]
Additionally, Chilton noted that Blizzard was warming to the idea of
reconfiguring World of Warcraft as a free-to-play title.
I’ve always wondered how long until WoW went free-to-play. With their recent
additions to their online store, and the dwindling population, I expect it’s now
only a matter of time before we see a completely free version.
Blizzard on <i>World of Warcraft</i>: We’d be lost without casuals“Audiences
always evolve,” says <i>World of Warcraft</i> lead designer Tom Chilton
This might be the greatest game to the Oculus Rift yet.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/08/23/psa-oculus-rift-support-now-in-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-on/
A pretty good roundup of Xbox One posts at Gamescom from Destructoid.
Today’s Xbox One reveals from gamescom 2013Microsoft’s indie plans detailed The
first major conference of gamescom 2013 was belonged to Microsoft, and while
there was some...DestructoidChris Moyse
[http://www.destructoid.com/today-s-xbox-one-reveals-from-gamescom-2013-260447.phtml?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Destructoid+%28Destructoid%29]